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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
232
CR + EN + VU
Population
212.559.409
Area
8.515.767 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 31
Endangered 86
Vulnerable 115
Near Threatened 96
Least Concern 1172
Data Deficient 73
Not Evaluated 2621
Extinct 19

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 2837
Chromista 638
Fungi 463
Protozoa 221
Animalia 171
Bacteria 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Brazil

Entomoneis alata

Not Evaluated

Eunotia bigibba

Not Evaluated

Blunt Spurge

Euphorbia spathulata

Not Evaluated

Amphora laevis

Not Evaluated

hairy-sheath love grass

Eragrostis polytricha

Not Evaluated

Eunotia paludosa

Not Evaluated

Water Net

Hydrodictyon reticulatum

Not Evaluated

Darnel lovegrass

Eragrostis airoides

Not Evaluated

Euglena gracilis

Not Evaluated

Bigleaf bristlegrass

Setaria megaphylla

Not Evaluated

Ribbed paspalum

Paspalum malacophyllum

Not Evaluated

Paspalum

Paspalum mandiocanum

Not Evaluated

Emperor crowngrass

Paspalum coryphaeum

Not Evaluated

Euglena splendens

Not Evaluated

Bluewings

Torenia fournieri

Not Evaluated

gaping panic grass

Steinchisma hians

Not Evaluated

Dinophysis pulchella

Not Evaluated

Killarney Featherwort

Plagiochila bifaria

Critically Endangered

Norfolk island pine

Araucaria heterophylla

Vulnerable

Dinobryon divergens

Not Evaluated

Blue rattlesnake

Crotalaria verrucosa

Not Evaluated

Oval-blade Algae

Caulerpa prolifera

Not Evaluated

Nodeweed

Synedrella nodiflora

Least Concern

Dictyota dichotoma

Vulnerable

giant timber bamboo

Bambusa oldhamii

Not Evaluated

Green Feather Algae

Caulerpa sertularioides

Not Evaluated

Cyclidiopsis acus

Not Evaluated

Blue marble tree

Elaeocarpus angustifolius

Least Concern

Amphora commutata

Not Evaluated

Airplant

Tillandsia polystachia

Least Concern

Actinoptychus splendens

Not Evaluated

Discostella pseudostelligera

Not Evaluated

Logwood

Haematoxylum campechianum

Least Concern

Fishpoison

Tephrosia purpurea

Not Evaluated

Cylindrotheca closterium

Not Evaluated

Blue Gum

Eucalyptus leucoxylon

Vulnerable

Night jessamine

Cestrum nocturnum

Not Evaluated

Nimblewill

Muhlenbergia schreberi

Not Evaluated

Harper's Fimbristylis

Fimbristylis dipsacea

Least Concern

blue-ginger

Dichorisandra thyrsiflora

Not Evaluated

spider cactus

Gymnocalycium denudatum

Endangered

New Zealand tea tree

Leptospermum scoparium

Least Concern

Coniocarpon cinnabarinum

Critically Endangered

Florida Keys nut-rush

Scleria lithosperma

Least Concern

New Zealand flax

Phormium tenax

Not Evaluated

coast redwood

Sequoia sempervirens

Endangered

Globe Kyllinga

Cyperus brevifolius

Not Evaluated

Marsh Pine

Pinus serotina

Least Concern

Cladonia novochlorophaea

Least Concern

Bohena Beauty

Cenchrus longispinus

Not Evaluated

banana water-lily

Nymphaea mexicana

Not Evaluated

Amphiprora gigantea

Not Evaluated

New Guinea Creeper

Mucuna bennettii

Least Concern

Comatricha elegans

Not Evaluated

New England Blackbutt

Eucalyptus andrewsii

Least Concern

Klotsch's Phragmipedium

Phragmipedium klotzschianum

Endangered

Colletotrichum lindemuthianum

Not Evaluated

Forest Growing Oncidium

Gomesa silvana

Endangered

Isabel's Selenipedium

Selenipedium isabelianum

Endangered

Spotted Spider Orchid

Brassia maculata

Least Concern

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